Train to be a licensed Respiratory Care Therapist and help save lives

Ranked by US News and World Report as 21st among 2018’s 100 Best Jobs, respiratory
therapists are licensed health care professionals who evaluate, treat, and care for
patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders. Working closely with physicians,
respiratory therapists are actively involved in the daily care of their patients by
teaching and promoting respiratory health, administering therapy, working on the "code
team" performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or helping to improve the quality
of life of people with breathing disorders. Respiratory therapists measure patients’
lung capacity, set up and monitor ventilator equipment, test patients for lung abnormalities,
and assist patients with rehabilitative exercises.

Accreditation

North Shore Community College is an accredited nonprofit institute of higher education
where all are welcome and each is challenged. NSCC is accredited by NECHE, the New
England Commission of Higher Education (formerly NEASC-CIHE, the Commission on Institutions
of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).